[mmyers]

LA Times? Can you beleive the RATS?

[Pondman88]

But what about the environment? the Trees and the birds???? No this can't happen!!!

[AllTheRage]

[Blzbba]

"it has targeted a number of places prized for their scenery, abundant wildlife and clean water, natural assets increasingly valuable to the region's changing economy. "


Who cares about the animals and other 'natural assets'? Go to a zoo or look at pictures on a PC.

I want cheap gas and I'm willing to sacrifice these natural niceties for both me and my small children because hey - if Bush says it's the right thing to do, then it must be true.

[PhiKapMom]

They are drilling new wells everyplace I drive here in OK and our other wells are pumping more then I have ever seen since moving here. Some wells I would never see pump before and now I see them pumping a lot. Lot of trucks on the roads to empty the tanks -- many more than before.

[fishtank]

To me, when I see an oil drilling rig or pump, it gives me a feeling of triumph and victory.

[Damocles]

Ah, here come the "BUSH IS KILLING YOUR CHILDREN AND SMALL PETS!" ads.

Expect a new John Kerry...er...MoveOn.org ad soon comparing Bush to a small nuclear weapon...

[snooker]

Kerry is for clean coal.

Kerry's clean coal ... have the maid wash it.

[ShandaLear]

Timing of this is suspicious.

[sonofatpatcher2]

Drill till the caribou come home...

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[WinMod70]

Exploration ain't worth gettin' to worked up over. Now if they were issuing permits to build a few new refineries then we got something to cheer about.

[dirtboy]

In the process, it has targeted a number of places prized for their scenery, abundant wildlife and clean water, natural assets increasingly valuable to the region's changing economy.

Of course, if no one can afford the gas to drive to those places as tourists, they ain't going to be such valuable assets...

[Smokin' Joe]

In addition, the Bureau of Land Management has been pushed to issue drilling permits at a record pace for three of the last four years, an increase of 70% since the Clinton administration.

Yeah, Right. ANd the old Clinton apointees have increased the number of hoops to jump through, too.

One well I worked in CO was delayed 3 months so as not to interfere with the 'elk breeding season'. As if anything could stop a bull elk in rut. (Just get out of the way!)

If the fanatics can be reined in, this might help.

[El Gato]

About FReeping time. Most anyway to get oil is better than continuing to subsidize the Jihadies.

[Old Professer]

The whole city of Los Angeles is sitting on a field of crude and natural gas that it was forced to purchase after bankrupting the surviving Manley family members and there are pockets of methane and hydrogen sulfide all over the Fairfax District which makes for some shaky living at times.

[paleocon patriarch]

"it has targeted a number of places prized for their scenery, abundant wildlife and clean water, natural assets increasingly valuable to the region's changing economy."

Changing to a minimum wage, seasonal, tourism economy instead of a resource extraction, high wage system that traditionally existed in the west.

I'll take energy self sufficiency and growth over tree hugging any day!

[Leatherneck_MT]

Well blow me down.

Now this is one I never expected to see again. Hallelujah!!